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Perfect Victims

And the Politics of Appeal

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By: Mohammed El-Kurd
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Perfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal―an ode to the steadfastness of a nation.

Palestine is a microcosm of the world: on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified. While a settler colonial state continues to inflict devastating violence, fundamental truths are deliberately obscured—the perpetrators are coddled while the victims are blamed and placed on trial.

Why must Palestinians prove their humanity? And what are the implications of such an infuriatingly impossible task? With fearless prose and lyrical precision, Mohammed El-Kurd refuses a life spent in cross-examination. Rather than asking the oppressed to perform a perfect victimhood, El-Kurd asks friends and foes alike to look Palestinians in the eye, forgoing both deference and condemnation.

How we see Palestine reveals how we see each other; how we see everything else. Masterfully combining candid testimony, history, and reportage, Perfect Victims presents a powerfully simple demand: dignity for the Palestinian.

©2025 Mohammed El-Kurd (P)2025 Tantor Media Freedom & Security Israel & Palestine Middle East Political Science Politics & Government
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“Mohammed El-Kurd has written a new Discourse on Colonialism for the twenty-first century.”—Robin D. G. Kelley
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Poetic, powerful and heartwrenching, I wish this book could movilize us all into world action. I does what it can, the rest is up to us.

Heartwrenching

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Well written; concise, precise, academic and a very important read.
Thank you Mohammed.
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Free Palestine

Excellent must read

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Truth told in its most perfect form. Everything we have all seen and felt for these years of genocide distilled into this pure form of poetry

Searing, eloquent and righteous

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You need to read this book—seriously. I listened to the audiobook myself, and I can’t recommend it enough. Whether you borrow it or buy it, make sure you hear Mohammed El-Kurd’s voice—it’s essential.

Listen to Palestinian voices.

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I’m so glad that Mohammed El-Kurd wrote this book as it is a much needed perspective. Not only that he also gave a master class on how to write about a tough topic, it was incredibly relatable and surprisingly, had humor. He also read the book beautifully. Highly recommended.

A much needed perspective

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